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We were
looking forward to coming back to Darwin.
Last time we were there was in 2009, see my 2009 Darwin page for more
info on what to see and do here. Because
Darwin is such a transient city, the atmosphere is vibrant. Most people that have been to Darwin rave
about it.
This time
though we were smack bang in the middle of the build up season. Just before the monsoon, the humidity builds
up to an unbearable high. It is hot and
sticky. The only way out is air-con or
the pool. Thank goodness we had
both. We stayed in the Discovery Caravan
Park at Winnellie, about a 7 minute drive from Darwin.
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We went to
a couple of pubs that we visited last time, sorry no pics this time. The Wisdom and Shananigans. And we had to go on the Cape Adieu sunset
dinner cruise again.
The food was just as good, being oysters, prawns, salad and steak for
main. However, I felt that this time
there wasn’t the individual attention that we got last time, so a little
disappointed with that. The first two
pics are complimentary off Cape Adieu as I forgot to take a photo of the yacht
and food.
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The Mindle
Beach sunset markets are a must do when visiting Darwin. There are plenty of food stores and usual
market stalls. I felt that a lot of them
were way overpriced. In hindsight, there
are plenty more markets that are way better than Mindle. Last couple of photos are of the beach in
the day.
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We didn’t eat at the markets. The smell of all the different cusines mixed with hot, sticky air was making me feel yukky. So we headed down the road a couple of minutes to Cullen Bay Marina.
This place is nice. We had eaten at the La Beach Fish & Chips and I was disappointed with that because the seafood was good but they gave it to us in the butcher paper. I would have expected that such a nice looking restaurant that sold beer and was right on the beach would have had plates for the food.
Anyway, this time at the Marina we wanted to try out one of the nicer
restaurants overlooking the flash boats moored here. We chose The Phat Joint. I had pasta and hubby had Asian. He loves all of the different choices in
Darwin in the Asian food department.
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Cullen Bay is also where the ferry leaves for Waigit Beach on the other side of the bay. If you had to drive to Waigit Beach you would need to go down and around.
Next page –
Litchfield National Park and Waigit Beach.
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